Active music making: A route to enhanced subjective well-being among older people

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-43

  Creech, Andrea ^a   Hallam, Susan ^a   Varvarigou, Maria ^a   McQueen, Hilary ^a   Gaunt, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

music; older people; quality of life; well being

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MUSIC MAKING; ADULT; AGED; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84872311787     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913912466950     Document Type: Review

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